diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 300534ae1..0eec376bf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2025-12-12  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
+
+	* inst/tinytest/test_system.R: Wrap suppressMessages() around three
+	tests for long-obsolete linker and compiler flags
+
 2025-12-06  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
 
 	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Roll micro version and date
diff --git a/inst/tinytest/test_system.R b/inst/tinytest/test_system.R
index 83a99e05f..982a3856c 100644
--- a/inst/tinytest/test_system.R
+++ b/inst/tinytest/test_system.R
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-##  Copyright (C) 2016 - 2019  Dirk Eddelbuettel
+##  Copyright (C) 2016 - 2025  Dirk Eddelbuettel
 ##
 ##  This file is part of Rcpp.
 ##
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ inc_sys <- tools::file_path_as_absolute( base::system.file("include", package =
 expect_equal(inc_rcpp, inc_sys, info = "Rcpp.system.file")
 
 #    test.RcppLd <- function() {
-expect_true(Rcpp:::RcppLdPath() == "", info = "RcppLdPath")
-expect_true(Rcpp:::RcppLdFlags() == "", info = "RcppLdFlags")
-expect_equal(Rcpp:::LdFlags(), NULL, info = "LdFlags")
+expect_true(suppressMessages(Rcpp:::RcppLdPath()) == "", info = "RcppLdPath")
+expect_true(suppressMessages(Rcpp:::RcppLdFlags()) == "", info = "RcppLdFlags")
+expect_equal(suppressMessages(Rcpp:::LdFlags()), NULL, info = "LdFlags")
 
 #    test.RcppCxx <- function() {
 expect_true(Rcpp:::canUseCXX0X(), info = "canUseCXX0X")